re: Vermilion Parish teacher arrested during school board meeting

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All those saying he has a lot on his plate...don't forget he has not one but two assistant superintendents, they aren't exactly secretaries either

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And both asst supers have their own secretary as well

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For example, in St. Landry parish where my wife teaches their superintendent doesn't know shite about what it takes to run schools from that 35,000 ft perspective and for that reason those schools have no direction or goals to work towards

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I work at the slp office and visit the schools, I probably know your wife

My wife teaches here as well. Jenkins is a good super. He is brand new, and way better than the last. He is from slp, and came from the Zachary school system. He's trying to bring Zachary success to slp. The Obama line was lame, but these schools need updating and the tax bill is the only way to do it. ~$50 per year. Problem is slp citizens don't trust this SB because of the evanagline downs fiasco. They are burned and he was just trying to equate the amount of a cable bill, to building new schools, which the last school built in SLP was in 1968. I'm telling you with experience, I realize the super has a major role, but he doesn't affect test scores. That's instr specialists, teachers, supers of curriculum, instruction, etc.

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. The teacher was out of line and the incident probably saved her job.

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Yeah you’re full of shite.

And there still isn't a Super in this state that is teaching those lesson plans. If you don't have good teachers, you can have the greatest, loftiest goals on the planet, and they won't amount to diddly.

I don't doubt that the guy is good, but in his interview on KLFY, he came off as pompous. He spoke as if he was the sole reason for the improvements. And I realize they could have edited the interview to look that way, which is shitty journalism. But to even suggest that he is the only reason for the climb they have made is arrogant. It could have been as simple as him making a few changes that allowed the teachers to accomplish more than the previous Super allowed.

Let's not forget either, the district was already in the Top 25 percent of the state when he took over. It has elevated to another level, but it's not like he took a middle of the pack district and turned it into something great.

Hell, I've seen Vermilion Parish school products. Do they represent the whole? No. But to say that I was unimpressed would be an understatement. The fact that some of those people get out of those high schools with As and Bs in english courses is alarming. I've peer reviewed college english papers where the 3 paragraphs could have all come from different papers. Improper use or verbs. Improper sentence structure.

I'm no Shakespeare myself, but these papers weren't even high school level english, let alone college level.

Does that have anything to do with Puyau? I don't know, but a handful of those have graduated high school in the last 2 to 3 years, during his time in VP. What it tells me is they have some really good smart kids in that district, because you can't cover up poor english students on any standardized test, which I assume most of these ratings are based on.

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Solid example for children

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my first thought as well.



lets rush out the door with the kids so they can see the arrest. WTF is wrong with people?

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We should take the money we now spend on schools and use it instead to issue vouchers to every family to pay for education and let people start schools to accommodate the various needs.

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I agree with this completely.

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So long the schools are "government" schools everyone feels they have the right to be accommodated and heard regarding the management of the schools.

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As long as the schools are run with taxpayer money taxpayers have a right to be heard (but not obeyed necessarily). Especially since the public is "districted" into what school they have to attend.

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Cell phone 2,740

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How many phones does he have??

That's the issue with it though. The people had elected the board members they wanted. Then one died leaving a void. Fontana had been trying to pass this contract and raise for a while, but the board was split 4-4. When the board member of the opposing side died, instead of placing that board member's son or wife like the deceased requested and the people wanted, Fontana and his side appointed a person that would follow suit with them so they could get the contract passed.

Backstory is important here.

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Backstory is important here.

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This is the OT. You think half of these idiots care about a backstory? Half of them probably don't know or care to know a thing about Vermilion Parish.